Hitachi DV-DS81E - Manual (Page 44)

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Recording
About DVD recording
Notes:
• This recorder cannot make recordings on CD-R or
CD-RW discs.
• Our company takes no responsibility for recording
failure due to power outages, defective discs, or
damage to the Recorder.
• Fingerprints and small scratches on a disc can
affect playback and/or recording performance.
Please take proper care of your discs.
Disc types
This recorder can play five different kinds of DVD
discs:
Pre-recorded DVD-Video discs, DVD-RW, DVD-R,
DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and DVD+R discs. The disc for-
mat for DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW discs is always
“Video format”–the same as pre-recorded DVD-Video
discs. This means that once finalized, you can play a
DVD-R, DVD+R, or DVD+RW in a regular DVD player.
The DVD-RAM disc format is Video Recording (VR)
format.
By default, the DVD-RW disc format is Video
Recording (VR) format, though you can change this to
Video format, if required. (Reinitializing the disc will
erase the contents of the disc.)
Recording modes
If the disc format is Video Recording format, then the
recording mode is VR mode; if the disc format is Video
mode, then the recording mode is Video mode.
Record settings can be changed as required for each
recording and determine the picture quality and how
much space the recording will take up on the disc.
About HDD recording
Recording to the internal hard disk drive (HDD) is
basically similar to recording to a VR mode DVD-RAM
disc. You have the full choice of recording quality
options, including the manual mode, and of course you
can record, erase and re-record as many times as you
like. The capacity of the hard disk drive means that
you can store many hours of video on it, even in the
higher quality recording modes. To help you organize
the contents, the HDD is divided into ten genre. You
can name and use these genres as you like—for
example, you might have a genre for movies, another
for TV shows, and one for camcorder recordings.
Notes:
• The maximum number of titles that can be recorded
on the HDD is 255.
• Using the HDD allows you to record a maximum of
12 hours continuously.
Notes for recording
•
Make sure you change the recording for-
mat(Video mode or VR mode) before you record
anything on the disc, See page 26 (Disc Format) for
how to do this.
• Overwrite recording is available.
• The recorder will execute the Menu-
making operation to update the new title and editing
when removing the disc from the recorder. Always
set the recorder to the DVD mode before using the
Z (OPEN/CLOSE) button to remove the disc.
+R +RW
+RW
-RW